Abstract

FORMULATION AND EVALUATION OF HERBAL ANTI ACNE CREAM

Mourya Aman*, Muley Preeti, Malviya Sapna and Kharia Anil

Abstract

The mostly common skin disorder which is known as „acne‟, which mainly affects adolescents and adults. According to WHO, acne is an inflammatory disease of the pilosebaceous units in the skin of the face, neck, chest and upper back. It involves both inflammatory (papules, pustules and nodules) and non-inflammatory (comedones, open and closed) lesions. Acne causing bacteria are P. acnes, S. epidermidis and S. aureus. There are many synthetic preparations of formulations are there in the market. They are quite effective but have major side effects which are clinical sometimes. The long term use of antibiotics has led to the increased resistance in acne causing bacteria (i.e. P. acnes, S. epidermidis & S. aureus). For resolving such problems, herbal preparation is proposed in this article. A herbal preparation with the use of extract of flowers of both plants cauliflower and vinca. Cauliflower have anti bacterial activity, which is due to presence of glucosinolates in it. Vinca flower passes wound healing and skin healing property which is well known. Many literatures claim that plants exhibits anti- inflammatory, antimicrobial, wound healing, antioxidant and hormonal balancing properties. This herbal preparation i.e. cream have good acne curing ability better as compared with marketed formulation.

Keywords: Acne, causes of acne, cauliflower, vinca, formation evaluation, treatment of acne.